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Classrooms should not be dreary places. They should be delightful, engaging, inspired and everywhere you look you should have a chance to learn and grow. That's why we put together some ideas for essential posters for your classroom guitar program. Notes on the...

You've been drilling your classroom guitar students for two months; teaching them open chords and the notes on the strings. Well, it's almost Halloween - time for a crash course in tritones! Halloween brings out the augmented 4th or diminished 5th in music like no...

It's a tradition at every Teaching Guitar Workshop to give attendees sticky notes so they can write down questions as they arise. When there is a critical mass of stickies the TGW Clinicians answer all of them. Not surprisingly lots of attendees ask questions about...

Tech is everywhere...and not just in the hands of your students. Technology can augment your classroom, change the way you teach and in a lot of ways levels the playing field making music education more accessible to more students. We asked some of our TGW people...

Have you been in this situation? A new student shows up for the first day of guitar class and he can play the riff from, Sweet Child of Mine flawlessly! He impresses all the other students...and you. You might even wonder if this kid ought to be teaching your...

It's been a long summer - thank goodness - but now you've got to teach guitar again. If you need a little refresher, you're not alone. No worries! We'll get you in shape for your new crop of eager guitar players. Let's get down to some fundamentals. Strings Let me...

The debate continues! TAB is a touchy subject - some people love it, others despise it. When we use TAB are we doing players - especially newbies - a disservice or helping them learn the instrument more quickly? Can TAB and musical notation ever be reconciled?...

If you're starting a guitar program on a budget, you're not alone. How do you buy guitars, store them, give your kids picks every 5 minutes when they lose them? Where does it end? It ends when you decide to do some or all of it yourself (or with the help of your...

School is about to start - if it hasn't already started. Your kids' hands are itching to start playing guitar. You have so much to prep! What to do? We've got you covered. If you didn't read Shelley's Classroom Guitar Diaries as they were being published a couple...